European Materials Research Society meeting, Warsaw, Poland

The fall meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) will take place from 15 to 19 September in Warsaw, Poland.

The meeting will include 12 symposia and two plenary sessions as well as an exhibition of products and services of interest to those participating in the event. While the plenary session will be dedicated to 'Magnetic refrigeration: a new challenge for materials scientists' and 'Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and the impact of Raman Effect in quantum physics, condensed matter, and materials science', the parallel symposia will cover the following subjects:
- Raman scattering in materials science;
- transparent and flexible electronics: from materials to devices;
- smart materials for smart devices and structures;
- novel synthesis processes and design of nanomaterials for catalytic applications;
- plasmonic nanostructures for application in the life sciences;
- nanocomposite materials;
- morphology and dynamics of nanostructures and disordered materials via atomic-scale modelling;
- crossing frontiers in designing of bio-inspired materials - a novel breakthrough in material science;
- functional and structural ceramic and ceramic matrix composites (CCMC);
- new opportunities and challenges in material research using phonon and vibrational spectra;
- mechanics of nanomaterials;
- new scaffolds for tissue engineering: materials and processing methods.

The European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC) will take place in Warsaw at the same time.For further information, please visit:
http://www.e-mrs.org/meetings/fall2008/(opens in new window)